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The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between the magnificent skyscrapers one feels the presence on the fringe of a howling, raging mob, a mob with empty bellies, a mob unshaven and in rags.

Henry Miller

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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Writer
New York City
New York
Genri Miller
Henri Miller
Phineas Flapdoodle
Feels
Sky
Raging
Like
York
Rags
Citadel
Empty
Fringe
City
Belly
Skyscrapers
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Magnificent
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Cities
Rage
Bellies
Modern
Presence
Howling
America
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